Category Archives: Wisconsin Race for Governor 2026
Tiffany does 180 on Trump’s Iran war
To distance himself from Donald Trump’s nosedive in public approval ratings, Tom Tiffany is doing a 180 degree turn on the president’s war against Iran. Rep. Tiffany of northern Wisconsin, the Republican nominee for governor, has always super-glued his political … Read the rest
Trump-centered campaigns avoid gut-level issues
American political campaigns can really be off-putting, either because they are too sleazy, too shallow or just too dumb. Let’s start with dumb. Just how dumb does President Trump think we are when he offers each American about $5000 if … Read the rest
Crowley, Tiffany: How about health care price caps?
Just how lightweight is the campaign for Wisconsin governor between Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany? They are essentially punting on the biggest affordability issue in the state and nation: Health costs are projected to rise by more than … Read the rest
Will Crowley, Tiffany step up on the big issues?
We journalists love to cover political elections, like horse races – who’s ahead in the polls and ballot boxes and who’s not? Who’s gaining and who’s falling behind? Covering the underlying political and societal issues is far more complicated and … Read the rest
Crowley building team of rivals
David Crowley is showing major league political smarts as the Democratic nominee for the Wisconsin governorship. He has signaled a double-barreled campaign. For openers, the Milwaukee County executive, who won by a razor-thin margin over Rep. Francesca Hong in the … Read the rest
Crowley: a long shot vs. Hong
Let's do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It's not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls. The Democratic Socialist (she’s not a … Read the rest
Wisconsin Dems: Your real opponent is Trump, Tiffany
I finally figured out what’s been wrong with the Democratic Party’s tepid campaign for the governor nomination. Seven candidates started off for the nomination; it’s now down to five; and none has laid a glove on the dominating issue of … Read the rest
Guv wannabees: ‘It’s health care costs, stupid!’
You would think at least one of the eight candidates for governor of Wisconsin would by now have laid a glove on the underlying costs of health care. It’s the number one affordability issue in the minds of voters. How … Read the rest
Schoemann not running for Lieutenant gov
Work starts to remodel UW building Josh Schoemann’s listening session last week was not supposed to be a press conference, but I asked two questions that made it seem like one. The first was a softball: “Are you running for … Read the rest
Why did Schoemann raise Kirk issue?
Hundreds of citizens of Washington County, who largely opposed naming County Trunk K after Charlie Kirk, wanted to know why that hugely controversial proposition came to life in Washington County. County supervisors received literally of hundreds calls and emails in … Read the rest
